Re: [Matplotlib-users] ImportError: No module named six

[garyr <ga...@fi...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benjamin Root" <ben...@ou...>
To: "garyr" <ga...@fi...>
Cc: "Matplotlib Users" <Mat...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] ImportError: No module named six


> An important question that I should have asked before. Exactly where did
> you get the installer from? That might help us figure out what happened
> here.

>From here: http://matplotlib.org/downloads.html

I installed six and all is well now, my program runs with Python 1.4.3
installed.

Many thanks for your help
Gary

>
> As for a workaround, if you want to get savy with the command-line, you
> could run "pip install six" on the command-line. That should install it for
> you, and then you can try installing matplotlib through the executable.
>
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 6:11 PM, garyr <ga...@fi...> wrote:
>
>> I did as you suggest and got the "No module named matplot lib" message. I
>> installed version 1.4.3 and got the "no module named six" message. I then
>> deleted all the matplotlib files once again and installed version 1.3.1
>> and now
>> my matplotlib program runs. Is there something else could try?
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Benjamin Root" <ben...@ou...>
>> To: "garyr" <ga...@fi...>
>> Cc: "Matplotlib Users" <Mat...@li...>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 10:34 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] ImportError: No module named six
>>
>>
>> > Chances are, there is some sort of mixup in your installs (as evidenced
>> by
>> > the failure to go back to the previous version). I would try uninstalling
>> > all matplotlib installs, then checking to see if python still sees
>> > matplotlib anywhere (by running the script). It *should* say "No module
>> > named matplotlib" or some such. Once all of that is removed, install
>> > matplotlib again.
>> >
>> > Ben Root
>> >
>> > On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 1:12 PM, garyr <ga...@fi...> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I downloaded version 1.4.3 and installed it (i.e., executed
>> >> matplotlib-1.4.3.win32-py2.6.exe). Now when I
>> >> attempt to run a program I get the following:
>> >>
>> >> >python rainfallYears.py
>> >> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >>   File "rainfallYears.py", line 4, in <module>
>> >>     import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>> >>   File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line
>> 105, in
>> >> <module>
>> >>     import six
>> >> ImportError: No module named six
>> >> >Exit code: 1
>> >>
>> >> So then I went back to 1.3.1 and get the same error...
>> >> Help!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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